avisar

Catalan

Etymology

From French aviser, from Latin advisāre, present active infinitive of advisō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βiˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.viˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.viˈzaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

avisar (first-person singular present aviso, first-person singular preterite avisí, past participle avisat)

1. (transitive) to inform, let someone know
2. (transitive) to warn

Derived terms

• avisador
• avisament
• avisat

 

Related terms

• avís

Anagrams

• avaris, variàs, viaràs, visara, visarà

Further reading

• “avisar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “avisar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “avisar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “avisar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Etymology

From French aviser, from Latin advisāre, present active infinitive of advisō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aβiˈsaɾ]
• Hyphenation: a‧vi‧sar

Verb

1. to advise, notify, warn

Derived terms

• avisado

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “avisar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “avisar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “avisar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin advisare, present active infinitive of advisō, from ad + visō; cf. also Spanish avisar, English advise, French aviser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.vi.ˈzaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /a.vi.ˈza(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: a‧vi‧sar

Verb

1. (transitive) to advise, notify, warn
2. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Further reading

• “avisar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “avisar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “avisar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “avisar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “avisar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “avisar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French aviser, from Latin advisāre, present active infinitive of advisō. Cognate with English advise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abiˈsaɾ/ [a.β̞iˈsaɾ]

Verb

avisar (first-person singular present aviso, first-person singular preterite avisé, past participle avisado)

1. (transitive) to tell, tip off, notify, inform

   Synonyms: informar, notificar, decir, anunciar

2. (transitive) to warn

   Synonym: advertir

3. (transitive) to ask for the services of (a professional)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avisar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			avisar
gerund			avisando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		avisado		avisada
		plural		avisados		avisadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aviso	avisastú avisásvos	avisa	avisamos	avisáis	avisan
	imperfect	avisaba	avisabas	avisaba	avisábamos	avisabais	avisaban
	preterite	avisé	avisaste	avisó	avisamos	avisasteis	avisaron
	future	avisaré	avisarás	avisará	avisaremos	avisaréis	avisarán
	conditional	avisaría	avisarías	avisaría	avisaríamos	avisaríais	avisarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	avise	avisestú avisésvos2	avise	avisemos	aviséis	avisen
	imperfect (ra)	avisara	avisaras	avisara	avisáramos	avisarais	avisaran
	imperfect (se)	avisase	avisases	avisase	avisásemos	avisaseis	avisasen
	future1	avisare	avisares	avisare	avisáremos	avisareis	avisaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		avisatú avisávos	avise	avisemos	avisad	avisen
	negative		no avises	no avise	no avisemos	no aviséis	no avisen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of avisar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive avisar
	dative	avisarme	avisarte	avisarle, avisarse	avisarnos	avisaros	avisarles, avisarse
	accusative	avisarme	avisarte	avisarlo, avisarla, avisarse	avisarnos	avisaros	avisarlos, avisarlas, avisarse
with gerund avisando
	dative	avisándome	avisándote	avisándole, avisándose	avisándonos	avisándoos	avisándoles, avisándose
	accusative	avisándome	avisándote	avisándolo, avisándola, avisándose	avisándonos	avisándoos	avisándolos, avisándolas, avisándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative avisa
	dative	avísame	avísate	avísale	avísanos	not used	avísales
	accusative	avísame	avísate	avísalo, avísala	avísanos	not used	avísalos, avísalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative avisá
	dative	avisame	avisate	avisale	avisanos	not used	avisales
	accusative	avisame	avisate	avisalo, avisala	avisanos	not used	avisalos, avisalas
with formal second-person singular imperative avise
	dative	avíseme	not used	avísele, avísese	avísenos	not used	avíseles
	accusative	avíseme	not used	avíselo, avísela, avísese	avísenos	not used	avíselos, avíselas
with first-person plural imperative avisemos
	dative	not used	avisémoste	avisémosle	avisémonos	avisémoos	avisémosles
	accusative	not used	avisémoste	avisémoslo, avisémosla	avisémonos	avisémoos	avisémoslos, avisémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative avisad
	dative	avisadme	not used	avisadle	avisadnos	avisaos	avisadles
	accusative	avisadme	not used	avisadlo, avisadla	avisadnos	avisaos	avisadlos, avisadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative avisen
	dative	avísenme	not used	avísenle	avísennos	not used	avísenles, avísense
	accusative	avísenme	not used	avísenlo, avísenla	avísennos	not used	avísenlos, avísenlas, avísense

Derived terms

• avisador
• aviso

Further reading

• “avisar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014